Jose Aldo offered to move up to 155, but coach and Dana White declined

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Jose Aldo offered to move up to 155, but coach and Dana White declined

Aldo revealed during Tuesdayís Q&A with the fans in Barueri, Brazil that he asked the UFC to move up to the lightweight division and challenge Pettis. However, according to the 145-pound champion, UFC president Dana White didnít accept his offer.

"Many people talked about moving up (to 155 pounds), and Iíve asked for that," Aldo said. "But Andre (Pederneiras, his coach) and Dana (White) said it wasnít the right moment. Moving up to lightweight is closer and closer. When they think itís time to move up, Iíll do it no problem."

"Many fans talked about it, and weíre waiting to do this super fight. But they matched him (against Josh Thomson)," he continued. "If it was up to me it would have already happened at any weight. Iím an employee and I donít see any problem with that. I wanted (to fight Pettis) at 155 pounds, of course. He has his title and he wouldnít be able to steal mine (laughs)."

Aldo is ranked number one in the featherweight division since he beat Mike Brown for the WEC title on November 2009 and has said many times he would move up to the 155 division in the future, pending the approval of his manager Andre Pederneiras.

The Brazilian never called out opponents, but changed his style a bit when asked by the fans who he would like to fight next in the UFC.

"I never chose opponents, but I can say one name now, and itís Pettis, for all the talk that has happened," he said. "He would be the right person for me to fight today. It would be even better to fight him at lightweight so I wouldnít need to cut weight (laughs)."

I'm sure dana doesn't want Aldo cluttering up the misinformation he spreads about p4p as well. I mean, you can't have a guy who can't move PPV's as your #1 p4p fighter can you?

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If Aldo moves up and beats Pettis, I can see Henderson beating Aldo,and then it becomes a merry-go-round at LW.

Yep. I think Bendo could grind Aldo to a decision. There's a lot of good wrestlers at lw that could cause Aldo problems. I'm not so sure how a rematch with Mendes goes. The first fight could have been very different if not for theblatant fence grab. Aldo beats anybody else at fw though.

To me it depends on what Aldo shows up. The one that beat Edgar and Mendes, he wins the LW title. The one that fought KZ, Hominick and Florian gets beat up by any of the Top 5 LWs.

And it the UFC wants it to be a super fight. Aldo fighting Pettis right now is not a super fight. Pettis has had the belt for 20 seconds. If Bendo had won that fight the UFC would have been all over a champion v champion fight.

Dude, Iím a wrestler. Iím the best wrestler in MMA. Wrestling IS, was and always has been the most dominate form of mix martial art on the planet. Thatís all there is to it. We all know it, some people want to fight it, some people want doubt it but wresters rule the MMA world. -
Ben Askren